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Conjunctions, Prepositions & Clauses

Grade 5 · Building confidence · 8 questions · Version PG-1NZ8XS7-1RSH

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1.Identify the conjunction: If temperatures fall, water may freeze.
2.Identify the prepositional phrase: in the archive
3.Identify one clause: While producers make goods, consumers choose.
4.Identify the conjunction: The river rose after snow melted.
5.Identify the prepositional phrase: across sources
6.Identify one clause: Evidence convinces when multiple sources agree.
7.Identify the conjunction: The habitat changed; therefore, animals moved.
8.Identify the prepositional phrase: beyond the valley

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  1. Identify the conjunction: If temperatures fall, water may freeze.If
  2. Identify the prepositional phrase: in the archivein the archive
  3. Identify one clause: While producers make goods, consumers choose.While producers make goods
  4. Identify the conjunction: The river rose after snow melted.after
  5. Identify the prepositional phrase: across sourcesacross sources
  6. Identify one clause: Evidence convinces when multiple sources agree.when multiple sources agree
  7. Identify the conjunction: The habitat changed; therefore, animals moved.therefore
  8. Identify the prepositional phrase: beyond the valleybeyond the valley

Worked example

Identify each word group's job before joining or punctuating clauses.

Common mistake

Calling every word group a clause even without a subject or verb.

Helpful hint

A clause has both a subject and a verb.